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Salome Zourabichvili

GeorgiaHead of statePresident of Georgia, 2018–2024

The last directly elected president of Georgia, and the sitting president at the October 2024 parliamentary elections. She rejected the announced result, joined opposition MPs in challenging the rules governing the elections before the Constitutional Court, and rejected the legitimacy of the electoral college that chose her successor in December 2024.

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Electoral record

Each entry is dated, categorised by what it did to the conduct of an election, and cited.

  1. 2024Disputed resultStatement

    Rejected the announced results on election night alongside every opposition party that passed the threshold, citing irregularities reported by citizen observers and party representatives.

    Georgia, Parliamentary elections, 26 October 2024 — ODIHR final report — OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
  2. 2024Disputed resultAction

    On 19 November, together with 30 opposition members of parliament, filed two lawsuits with the Constitutional Court challenging the constitutionality of the norms regulating the elections. Appeals against the results before the commission, the courts and the Constitutional Court were all dismissed.

    Georgia, Parliamentary elections, 26 October 2024 — ODIHR final report — OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights
  3. 2024Disputed resultStatement

    Rejected the legitimacy of the process by which an electoral college dominated by the ruling party elected her successor as president, amid ongoing protests.

    Georgia, Parliamentary elections, 26 October 2024 — ODIHR final report — OSCE Office for Democratic Institutions and Human Rights

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